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Originally Posted by BrighamYen
Having Palmer erect his Medici-style apartments on those two lots in the center of DTLA would be devastating to the pedestrian connections and just be visually disappointing. This is not good people...
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assuming he will follow the same formula he has used since 2000, then one can conclude his proj on the south end of broadway will be a carbon copied version of the faux euro style that dates back to his original medici proj. however, I wouldn't call that section of the hood to be the 'center' of dt, since to me that would be anything farther north, around 7th st. In comparison, the proj next to the brockman bldg does come closer to the idea of being in the center of dt.
I don't know if it will necessarily be so, as you say, devastating, but it will be visually plop plop architecture....a bit of vegasy type devlpt on broadway. But that street right now is so full of shabbiness....which really stood out to me last wk....& in past visits too....that it sort of took my breath away, & not in a good way.
I was so stunned at how disappointed &
I felt after my most recent visit to dt, that I'm not as confident in the reliability of responses of ppl....or at least me....unless a person lives there, or spends lots of time there. Or I should say that if ppl deal with dt as more of a broad, generalized thing....something out of an urban studies class at a local school....they may be so much into the bigger picture that they downplay all the finer points.
I will give credit to Palmer's apt projs for including alot of the little flourishes that more ppl than not do appreciate. His bldgs contain lots of landscaping & bric a brac...including fountains or other features that add to the cost of devlpt & maintenance.
Some ppl have said LA shouldn't try to be like other cities, & in certain ways I do agree & understand that POV. So if one can find something like this in LA...but esp in dtla...but not in most other traditional cities....then I say so be it.
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